Joseph Henry Blackburne
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Joseph Henry Blackburne was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relativel
Blackburne's contemporary Wilhelm Steinitz dominated chess in the 1870s and 1880s
Emanuel Lasker, Steinitz's successor as World Chess Champion, dominated the second half of Blackburne's playing career
Blackburne circa 1890
Wilhelm Steinitz
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William Steinitz was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician.
Steinitz in 1866
Steinitz's rival and bitter enemy Johannes Zukertort lost matches to him in 1872 and 1886. The second match made Steinitz the undisputed world champion.
Emanuel Lasker (right) playing Steinitz for the World Chess Championship, New York 1894